Blast load assessment using hydrocodes

The evaluation of pressures and impulses produced by blast loads with the aid of hydrocodes is studied in this paper. Numerical results are compared with those obtained with existing analytical expressions for different scaled distances and boundary conditions. In particular, the capacity of both me...

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Autores: Luccioni, Bibiana Maria, Ambrosini, Ricardo Daniel, Danesi, Rodolfo Francisco
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/83566
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/83566
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Shock Waves
Blast Load
Wave Propagation
Wave Reflection
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Sumario:The evaluation of pressures and impulses produced by blast loads with the aid of hydrocodes is studied in this paper. Numerical results are compared with those obtained with existing analytical expressions for different scaled distances and boundary conditions. In particular, the capacity of both methods to capture multiple reflections of the blast load is analyzed. The effects of mesh size on pressure and impulse distribution are also studied. Some interesting conclusions regarding the determination of the best mesh size for calculation of actual events are obtained. Finally, the analysis of blast load in the case of the AMIA (Israel–Argentina Mutual Association) building attack which occurred in Buenos Aires, Argentina in July 1994 is presented. A computational dynamic analysis was carried out over the congested urban environment that corresponds to the opposite rows of buildings of a block, in the same street. The results obtained for different positions of the explosive charge are presented and compared.